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Classic 19th-century London hotel near Hyde Park
Near station
This London hotel is close to Kensington Palace, Nottinghill, and Hyde Park. Paddington Station for the Heathrow Express and Lancaster Gate for the Central line are 2 minutes away.
Garden terrace
Guests can order drinks or light meals from a 24-hour room service menu, relax in the garden terrace, or make use of the hotel meeting room.
Internet access
In classic style, The Royal Park Hotel's 48 individually designed guestrooms LCD televisions, complimentary high-speed Internet access, and limestone bathrooms with bathtubs or walk-in showers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
The Royal Park Hotel
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A small outside garden terrace, paved and bordered with shrubs, is a quiet spot to relax with a drink under a large umbrella on sunny days. The hotel can also host cocktail parties, private dinner parties, and BBQs for up to 40 guests in the garden terrace on advanced notice. In conjunction with Thierry Tomasin's Angelus Restaurant, the hotel offers special dinner menus for private events in Royal Park's elegant Green Room, which can accommodate up to 14 guests. Romantic dinners for two on the private balcony of the Four-Poster Suite or picnic baskets during summer months can also be arranged. Breakfast is available daily for a surcharge. Room service is 24-hours. Soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, and breakfast can be served in The Royal Park Hotel's guestrooms or in any of the hotel's common areas (advanced notice required for breakfast).
For business travelers, one of the hotel's drawing rooms doubles as a private meeting room, accommodating 10, boardroom style; computers can be rented and installed in guestrooms. Complimentary wireless (high-speed) Internet access is offered throughout the facility.
Guests have access to a health club (surcharge) a half-mile away, which has a 20-meter (65-foot) lap pool, sauna, steam room, and fully equipped gym with free weights as well as cardio and resistance machines. Spa services include massages; reservations are required.
The Royal Park Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Secretarial services
- Computer rental
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 48
- Security guard
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Patio
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Number of floors - 5
- Elevator/lift
- Year Built 1842
- Coffee shop or café
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Event catering
- Computer station
- Free Wi-Fi
- Designated smoking areas
- One meeting/conference room
- Parking limited (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Express check-in
- Babysitting or childcare
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Conference center
- Smoke-free property
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Park your car
Parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge), Parking limited (surcharge)
- In your room
- Premium bedding
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Complimentary newspaper
- Phone
- Minibar
- Complimentary bottled water
- Turndown service
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Daily housekeeping
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Eat and drink
Breakfast (Continental, or full English with prior notice; surcharge) can be served in The Royal Park Hotel's guestrooms, or in any of the hotel's common areas.
The hotel offers a complimentary welcome drink on arrival.
The hotel does not have its own restaurant, several dining options are within walking distance of the hotel.
Nearby restaurants:
Mr. Frascati
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Guests have access to a health club (surcharge) a half-mile away, with a 65-foot lap pool, sauna, steam room, and gym with free weights, cardio machines, and resistance machines. Two blocks south of the hotel, Kensington Gardens and the adjoining Hyde Park offer a network of tree-lined walking or jogging paths around a lake and fountains. A leisure complex with an ice rink and a 10-pin bowling alley is a half-mile east in Bayswater.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Ice skating nearby
- Swimming nearby
- Rowboats nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Sports center nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Bird watching nearby
- Playground nearby
- Tennis lessons available nearby
- Bowling alley nearby
The Fine Print for The Royal Park Hotel
- When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- When you leave
Check-out time is noon
- How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa
- You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: GBP 9.95 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: GBP 30 per day
- An early check-in fee will be charged
- Late check-out fee: GBP 50.00
- Rollaway bed fee: GBP 40.00 per night
- We Should Mention
Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Digital Collections
1-h-·rorld. The inescapable
fact is that not only this nation but every nation is still completely
free at this moment to wreak damage not only on its o~m heritage
of the earth's environment but on that of every other people. And the
inescapable fact is that the fear of losing a technological military advantage
or the hope of gaining one- -this terrifying fear and this elusive
hope--which in the past, have impelled the Russians no less than ourselves
to overlook the hazards to human health in these tests ''ill almost certainly
compel us to do the same in the future . We shall be so impelled,
and they shall be so impelled, unless this Treaty enters into force and
is scrupulously maintained on both sides. The likelihood- -1 venture to
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say, the certainty--is that without this Treaty, the dangers to the health
of all Americans, of all human beings, from bomb-made radioactivity, will
multiply. lleither an embarrassed silence nor a soft-pedaled evasion of
experience and fact changes the reality one iota.
Even if the Treaty com~s into force, it is obvious that this
Treaty, in itself, will not halt the continuing and intense scientific and
technological competition to gain a military advantage or to avoid losing
one. That will go on for the present on both sides, as is very apparent
from the Senate hearings and from statements emanating from Moscow. But
,;hat the Treaty does do is to put a muzzle on one aspect of thut competition.
Hhat the Treaty does do is to force the competition, insofar as it
is no"' dependent on nuclear testing on both sides, out of the atmosphere
and from the seas and on·;,;o the design boards and into the factories and
beneath the ground.
The Treaty mo.y not \Tork, Mr. President. It mo.y be cheated or
frightened or suspicioned or reserved or exceptioned into discard, quickly
or in time. It may be, in the end, no more effective than the voluntary
moratoriums and the resolutions or whatever of the past. And the world
will go on deploring these tests even as they multiply.
I hope no Senator will vote for ratification of this Treaty on
the mistaken belief that it is a guarantee that bomb tests will now cease
for all times. The truth is that in voting for ratification of this Treaty,
as I have already stated, "''e will be voting for a hope. But let me stress,
rrr. President, that it is a significant, a tangible hope .
And so long as that hope, that tangible hope is present, the
Senator from !·1ontana is not going to tell the people of his state, that
he voted to dash it, to kill it. He is not going to tell the people \rhom
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he represents that President Kennedy brought this hope, first raised under
President Eisenhower, to binding treaty form--this hope that there will no
longer be avoidable increases in the incidence of leukemia, bone cancer,
~d cancer, birth malformations and other radiologically induced deficiencies
among Hontanans and Americans and all human beings- -but, for a
variety of reasons, he could not support the President. The Senator from
Montana is not going to say that he could not support the President because
the French government or the Chinese Communist government did not like the
Treaty. Nor will he say it because a prominent scientist out of a large
number of prominent scientists registered the very unscientific fiat of
his own oPinion that ·the Treaty vre.s a dreadful tragic mistake. Nor vrill
he say it because he is convinced that in a wasteful spending competition
on armaments, our taxpayers can outspend the Russians, spend them into
bankruptcy without going bankrupt ourselves.
Nor will he say it because the statistical evidence showed
only a few Americans would die before their time or only a few American
children would be born malformed because of tests already conducted. Nor
will he say it because the Treaty might also be signed by East Germany ann
he would much rather that the East Germans begin testing nuclear bombs than
that even the remotest suggestion be given that the United States had, by
getting into the same treaty, somehow recognized the existence of this
East German regime.
Nor will he say it because he believes that Russians, who most
certainly cannot be trusted in many things cannot be trusted even to cease
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denaturizing their o~m environ~ent along with ours and everyone else's on
No, Mr . President, the Senator from Montana is not going to tell
l·iontaoans that he opposed this Treaty on any of these grounds . Yet all
have been advanced at one time or another in the past weeks as grounds for
rejecting this Treaty.
There is one ground--one ground alone--on which the Senator from
Montana would be prepared to go home and tell the people vrho sent him to
Hashington, that these tests in the atmosphere and in the seas must go on
despite t!1e great potentlal threat of' their continuance to their health
and to their children's health.
He would not make light of these health risks or pass over them
but he would ask his constituents to accept them in all their grim portent
because he vra.s persuaded that this Treaty would expose the natj.on, to a
greater extent than w·e now are, to a military attack which Hould destroy
both the meaning and much of the substance of' the life which we have built.
He vrould not ask them to accept the hPalth risks of' indiscriminate
and uncontrolled nuclear testing if all he had vras a personal surmise that
the risks of military attack would increase, if all he had were vague per-sonal
doubts and hesitancies in the face of a new course . To ask them to
accept the health risks he would have to find in the total record1 speci-fics
for concluding that the risks of military attack would be significantly
increased by our adherence to this Treaty. He would have to find, in speci-fics
, affirmative answers to these questions:
1. Is there some nation, other than the Soviet Union--Communist
China, for example--wtich, by not adhering to this Treaty, is likely to
develop a nuclear technology which will approximate ours in the next decade,
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another nation •ihich could close the nuclear gap solely because it tested
and we did not? The ans~er is no.
2. If the Soviet Union, then, is the one nation which poses a
nuclear threat to the United States in the next decade or more, has that
nation already achieved a substantial advantage, on balance, over the
United States in the military technology derived from nuclear physics--the
kind of advantage which we might neutralize by a continuance of aboveground
tests on our side even though they also continued to improve their
te~hniques through such testing on their side? The answer, insofar as it
is possible to answer the question, on the basis of fact, knowledge and
the over,rhelming judgment of the most highly skilled and qualified witnesses
in the nation is no.
3· Is there any reason to assume that our advances in nuclear
science and its application to military technology will be hampered to a
greater degree than that of the Soviet Union, in the complete absence of
atmospheric and marine tests on both sides? The answer is no.
4. By the terms of this Treaty, will the Soviet Union be legally
authorized to do anything which we are not also authorized to do? The
answer is no .
5· By the terms of this Treaty are we legally forbidden to do
anything which the Soviet Union is not legally forbidden to do? The
answer is no .
6. Is there any other than the most remote possibility that the
Soviet Union could engage in prohibited but significant tests without detection?
The answer is no .
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7. If the Soviet Union were to engage in a clandestine test
and if it were identified or if we had very valid reason to believe that
such a test had occurred even if not identified, would we ourselves still
be bound to forego a resumption in testing above ground? The answer is no.
8. Is there a significant possibility that a single Soviet test
suddenly sprung upon us could so alter the balance of military forces
between the two nations as to increase the risk of military attack upon us.
The answer is no.
In short, the answer to every ~p e cific doubt which involves the
possibility of the Soviet Union or any n3tion g~ining same unique or significant
military advantage as against o~rselves in this Treaty is not
yes but no. And because it is no, I cannot in good conscience ask any
citizen of Montana to accept the heightened risks to the health of their
families which will be inevitable in the absence of the ratification of
this Treaty by the United States.
If there are not specific grounds of unigue disadvantage to the
military defense of the nation for rejecting this Treaty, what other
grounds can there be? One detects in the few articulate opponents of this
Treaty, a consistent theme which suggests a basis for the remaining doubts
and hesitancies. It is, apparently, the belief that our scientific-milita~
complex is so superior to all others that if not subjected to any limitation
as to nuclear testing, it will produce an amazing advance in military-nuclear
technology . The ccmplex, it is suggested, will achieve some incredible
breakthrough so as to widen, once and for all, the gap as between ourselves
and the Soviet Union . That the Soviet Union, of course, in the absence of
a testing_limitation, wi~also be free to seek a similar breakthrough
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is either overlookec'i. or regarded of little consegue:'lce. That there are
dangers to health in the continuing process of uncontrolled testing by
both sides, of c~urse, is either overlooked or regarded as of little
consequence .
~~. President, I have the highest respect for our n~clear
physics, our industrial technology, our military leadership and our
capacity to merge them into a powerful complex for the purpose of the
nation's defense. This complex is second to none in the world. But
admiration and respect for these capacities do not and must never compel
the elected offic]als of this Dr•.ticn to accept the dictum of this complex
as to what is best for the people of the United States.
The ffl.ct is that this Treaty '¥'ill introduce no curbs upon the
crea.ti vi ty and d;y-.aa.!llism of the complex which are not also placed equall.y
upon such complexes in the Soviet Union and elsewhere in the world. That
men of scientific genius or highly developed technolo~ical specialization
may find such curbs irkscme or burdensome is understandable. Fut there
is too much at stake here, for the nation and for the world, for the
Senate to be persuaued by individual considerations of that kind.
Indeed, reason and experience must lead us to question most
seriously the course of policy which flows from such considerations. It
is the course which assumes that if we will only continue to debar any
restraints on testing, if we will only continue to throw considerations
of public health to the winds, our scientists and our technicians will
create that decisive nuclear ~a]J that ultimate military gap, which will
insure the nation's security.
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Have we not in reality followed precisely such a course since
the first at01aic bombs in the New Mexico flats and over Hiroshima and
Nagasaki? What restraints, indeed, what reins have been placed on the
full exploration of this immense power of nuclear destructio~ in all these
years? Uot those of money, to be sure . Not those of a ban on testing,
to be s!ill vote for ratification of this Trea~ beca.use it is, on clear
balance, in the interests of the people of his state and the United States .
He "rill vote for it because it is a testament to the universal vitality
of reason. He will vote for it because it is an affirmation of human
life itself .
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 22, Box 76, Folder 24, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
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Wealden District Council seeks to manage its performance to deliver efficient, effective and economic services.
Latest Performance:
- Summary of performance in the third quarter of 2013/14
- Performance Report for Quarter 3 of 2013-14 (pdf)
- Q3 2013-14 Performance Indicators for the first three quarters of 2013-14 (pdf)
2012/13 Performance
- Performance indicators for the Council's performance in 2012/13 (pdf)
- Data making up performance for 2012/13 (csv)
Corporate Plan:
The Council's Corporate Plan (pdf - subject to data update) for 2014-15 sets out the strategic direction of the Council against which we monitor our progress.
External Audit:
The Annual Audit Letter (pdf) sets out the external auditor's view on how the Council manages its finances, the Council's governance arrangements and the progress it has made on its corporate priorities. The latest document refers to the Council's activity in 2012/13.
More about Wealden's performance:
Case studies on the Council's recent initiatives to serve the District in innovative ways whilst delivering value for money:
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'Art History and Materiality' Topic of Public Conversation at the Clark
For Immediate Release
March 05, 2013
Williamstown, MA—On Saturday, March 16 at 5:30 pm, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute will host a free public conversation entitled "Art History and Materiality." Participants will share their perspectives, engage in dialogue, and answer questions.
The conversation is the culminating event of a colloquium by the same name, which seeks to reveal the material underpinnings of art historical thought—both in its past traditions and its current practices.
The Clark sponsors invitational colloquia—small, semi-private gatherings of researchers who wish to discuss topics of mutual interest, perhaps in preparation for a book. Colloquia focus on an array of themes spanning the history and historiography of art.
The "Art History and Materiality" colloquium is convened by Jennifer Jane Marshall, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and Kate Mondloch, University of Oregon. Participants include Bill Brown, University of Chicago; Carolyn Dean, University of California, Santa Cruz; Susan Dackerman, Harvard Art Museums; Christina Kiaer, Northwestern University; Michelle Kuo, Artforum; Gregory Levine, University of California, Berkeley; Fred R. Myers, New York University; Bissera Pentcheva, Stanford University; Christopher B. Steiner, Connecticut College.
About the Clark
Set amidst 140 acres in the Berkshires, the Clark is one of the few major art museums that also serves as a leading international center for research and scholarship. The Clark presents public and education programs and organizes groundbreaking exhibitions that advance new scholarship. The Clark's research and academic programs include an international fellowship program and conferences. Together with Williams College, the Clark sponsors one of the nation's leading master's programs in art history. The Clark receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The galleries are open daily in July and August (open Tuesday through Sunday from September through June), 10 am to 5 pm. Admission is $15 June 1 through October 31; free November through May; and free year-round for Clark members, children 18 and younger, and students with valid ID. For more information, visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 2303.
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This week, readers of John Layman and Rob Guillory's "Chew" discover a shocking turn in the series' midway point issue #30, as Layman explains to CBR what the gruesome issue means for the book's future.
Full article here.
This week, readers of John Layman and Rob Guillory's "Chew" discover a shocking turn in the series' midway point issue #30, as Layman explains to CBR what the gruesome issue means for the book's future.
Full article here.
really? the Spoiler is in the title of the article. you no on the front page of CBR, geez PLease fix. I am not reading the Article!!!!
"Calm down, call Batman." - Greg Capullo
This issue was rough. Bleeding Cool already warned me that it was going to be a shocking issue but nothing prepared me for that. Can't wait for the TV show to move ahead.
In war the elders may give the orders, but it's the young who have to fight.
Such an amazing issue. If I saw this post before I read it I would have been inconsolable. This thread should be deleted
Wow it really was shocking also Caesar and Toni go way back hilariously.
Black History Month & 29 Days in February
No point in spoiler warnings if the title itself is the spoiler, is there?
I think since the cover of #31 has been out for some time which clearly shows a gravesite they probably didn't think letting people know there was going to be a funeral was any type of spoiler. In fact, if you read #29 it was pretty clear someone was gonna die. Now the matter of WHO actually dies was quite a shock to me, and I didn't see them spoil that. So I wouldn't say it's such a clear violation of the "spoiler law". The solicit for #31 even states "The second half of CHEW starts here. With a funeral". So while I totally see if you had avoided all of that you might consider this title a spoiler, it's been pretty hard to avoid the fact that somebody's death was imminent if you're a regular follower of this title.
The crazy thing is, spoilers:
end of spoilers
isn't that Toni looking down into the gravesite in the cover for #31? Not putting the image here but it's easily googleable. I thought FOR SURE it was gonna be Paneer that bought the farm.
PULL: Chew, Walking Dead, Saga, Batman, Lil' Gotham, Bedlam, Hellboy in Hell, Jupiter's Legacy, East of West, The Wake, Sex, Trillium, Miracleman, Sandman Overture, Rocket Girl, Sex Criminals


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Congratulations on having the perseverance to post for 1,700 consecutive days! Good luck on reaching your next milestone!! Warren :)
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Mark Kaufman was nominated Commissioner of Financial Regulation by Governor Martin O'Malley in 2010. Previously,
Mr. Kaufman served as Deputy Commissioner from 2008 to 2010. As Commissioner, Mr. Kaufman is responsible for
the Division and its supervision of approximately 60 banks, trust companies and credit unions with over $25 billion
in assets and for the licensing and regulation of over 8000 individuals and companies engaged in mortgage origination
and servicing, as well as a variety of other consumer finance enterprises including check cashers, money transmitters
and collection agencies.
As Commissioner, Mr. Kaufman is an outspoken advocate of the community banking system. He has served as Chairman
of the Regulatory Committee of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and as a member of the group's Board
of Directors, as well as being a Director of the State Regulatory Registry, the multistate entity responsible
for overseeing the NMLS system.
Under his leadership, the Division of Financial Regulation has also played a key role in the effort to address the
foreclosure crisis at the state and national levels. The Commissioner serves on the Monitoring Committee for the
$25 billion nationwide mortgage servicing settlement. He is the only bank regulator serving on the Monitoring
Committee with Attorneys General from around the nation. In addition, Commissioner Kaufman has also led the Division's
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Mr. Kaufman brings over fifteen years of banking and financial services experience to his position. Mr. Kaufman
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Mr. Kaufman holds MBA and MPA degrees from Columbia University and a BA from Brown University, magna cum laude. He is
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I was secretly hoping to see D3 come out in late January but since right now things are looking rather gloomy for a release before May/June I'm starting to turn my attention to wasting my time on some videogames instead of F5ing this website every 20 minutes.
I played WoW for some time from the final days of Burning Crusade to the mid days of Cataclysm and got tired of the game for a few reasons:
- Single player content is not enough for me. After levelling a character to 85 I could never bother going through all the grind and unintersting fetch quests with another character again.
- End game content requires too much time spent in the game. Raiding started to become annoying when guild schedules and raid leaders thought their raid should have priority over my personal time so I quit raiding. Single player end content is none, since farming for achievements was for the most part annoying (and most of the nice ones required grouping/raiding anyway).
- PvP is not interesting since it depends too much on gear (which was to be expected, obviously). I don't have time to invest in a game, if I want to PvP I want to have fun, not get into a battleground with people that will wipe the floor with me because they spent 500 hours farming for honor points. To me PvP was always unbalanced because I never invested enough time to have the level of gear that allowed me to play in a skill-matters-environment. (not to say that would be the best at that either, just saying that being owned all the time for not having the gear is not fun)
- At the time I used to play WoW, finding groups for raids and dungeons was a pain in the neck. 20 minutes waiting for 25 guys to assemble plus the occasional 10 minutes waiting for someone that has D/C or whatever... I always felt like I spent 50% of my time in WoW not doing anything other than waiting for people or walking/flying around.
Having said that, any The Old Republic players out there can tell me if this is worth my time (and more importantly, my 55 euros...)? Or will I just find the same issues I had with WoW?
I'm not trying to start a WoW sucks thread - I can see why many people like the game and I admit that it has its charm but it's just not for me. I'm really just looking for people that play The Old Republic that can advice me if the game is different enough from WoW in the regards I've stated above to be worth my money
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I am just about to hit 50 (halfway through 49!) and in terms of Solo content you can solo through the entire game, should you wish to but there are also an abundance of group quests/instances playable throughout the entire game. The main storyline quests are on the whole brilliant. There is a lot of work that has gone into the voice acting and I really got into the story. I'm not usually into that and just want to kill things and I'm not a massive SW fan either, however I am very impressed with the storyline and have enjoyed the exerperience.
As mentioned above I'm only just about to hit 50 so I havn't flavoured end game, but the majority of my guild has. It seems to be possible to progress without having to put in massive hours and committing to arduous raid schedules. I have also heard that the dailies are pretty fun considering the repeatition involved and there is a decent amount to do for a game at launch.
As for the waiting around, there are tons of active guilds and getting randoms for instances isn't necessary in the slightest...just find the right guild and you will be able to jump in. However if you are looking for a game like WoW where you use a dungeon finder over and over doing dungeons sitting in capital cities then SW:ToR probs won't be the best for a player like that. It is a much more sociable game (like Vanilla WoW) where people actually interact beyond the guild chat and trash talking in PvP.
If you are looking for WoW 2.0 I (personally) don't think this is it. It uses many of the core MMO (not WoW) mechanics which are a necessity but the general flavour of the game to me is more refreshing and I just prefer whacking people with a lightsaber instead of a wooden staff with a troll x).
If you have the money and free time spare then I'd say give it a go. I feel the box price + free 30 days is worth it just for the levelling experience so even if you don't enjoy end game you have your moneys worth.
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A Model School Focuses on Students Taking Global Action
John Stanford International School has been a model for developing global awareness curricula. Now they've expanded their lessons to teach students how to take action to help others.
The Green Team (above) is just one of the ways that students at John Stanford International School take action to help address global issues.
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At John Stanford International School (JSIS), a few city blocks away from the university district on the north end of Seattle, the global focus is hard to miss. Flags from around the world brighten the hallways and library. Animated conversations and songs in Japanese and Spanish spill out of classrooms. When Principal Jesely Alvarez interacts with students, she's known to break out dance moves that celebrate her Dominican heritage.
Beneath the colorful, multicultural surface of JSIS, there's more going on than meets the eye -- or ear. "We're making a paradigm shift," explains Alvarez. "Instead of just teaching our students about the world, we're asking them, 'What are you going to do about it?' It's about taking action." For a school that has already been a leader in developing a global curricula, the next challenge "is figuring out how to make global citizenship more alive, more visible," the principal says.
(Learn tips for teaching global curricula.)
JSIS was launched in 2000 as a break-the-mold public school designed to prepare a new generation of citizens for an interconnected world. The school pioneered a model where everyone is a language learner, with students spending half the day learning in English and half the day immersed in either Japanese or Spanish. Because teachers share the same students, they frequently collaborate to design curricula and exchange effective teaching strategies. Technology and sister-school relationships connect students to the world beyond the classroom.
The JSIS model (PDF) quickly caught on, producing strong academic results for English-language learners and native English-speakers alike. Awards, partnerships, and a steady parade of international visitors followed, generating a waiting list of interested families. To meet growing demand for global education, Seattle Public Schools has developed a districtwide network of international schools serving students from grades K-12. Like JSIS, all emphasize world languages, academic excellence, and a global perspective.
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Tinkering with a school model that's working well may seem risky, but delivering high-quality international education "depends on people who are committed to change. It takes teachers who are lifelong learners themselves," says Karen Kodama, founding principal of JSIS, who now directs international education for the school district.
Alvarez, in her second year as principal of JSIS, is respectful of the hard work that is part of her school's history. "As the first international school in the district, our teachers have poured their hearts into developing curricula," she acknowledges. "As we transition to what we know is the best next step -- shifting from content study to global issues -- how do we honor the work it took to get here?"
Three strategies are emerging to support this shift and build a strong community of learners:
Teacher-leaders: JSIS has identified teacher-leaders who are veterans of international education. They meet with other teacher-leaders from across the district, facilitate professional conversations with their peers at the building level, and serve as a sounding board for Kodama. "This renews me as a teacher," says Hiromi Pingry, who has been at JSIS for ten years and teaches Japanese, math, science, and social studies.
Professional learning communities: When Alvarez arrived at JSIS, she was immediately impressed "by the talent in this building." She also realized that her all-star teachers seldom got to see each other in action. The principal has introduced professional learning communities (PLCs) to make sure teachers have time and opportunities to learn together. For example, teachers now have regularly scheduled peer observations where they can watch their colleagues firsthand. Alvarez sends out a weekly letter to staff (PDF) to describe what she's looking for during her own frequent learning walks (PDF), where she observes classrooms in action. Weekly staff meetings as well as monthly PLC meetings (PDF) allow time to debrief. "At the PLC meetings, I'll invite teachers to share specific ideas I've seen in their classrooms. If they have a great example of how to teach global perspective, let's share that. Let's look at student work together. Our teachers are really talented at supporting students who are below grade level, but what are we doing for kids who are already at grade level or higher? These conversations are more formalized now," Alvarez says.
Networking across the district: Although Seattle has developed a network of international schools across the district, there have been few opportunities for member schools to learn from each other. That started to change last March, when the district hosted its first international-education symposium (PDF). To prepare, each school faculty did its own book study of Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World. (Download a free PDF of the book from the Asia Society.) Teacher-leaders volunteered to share units that reflected practices outlined in the book, such as focusing on topics that garner deep student engagement and make clear local and global connections. Harvard researcher Veronica Boix Mansilla, one of the coauthors, attended the symposium as the keynote speaker and offered feedback on the teachers' presentations.
"The symposium was giant PLC work," says Alvarez. "We heard from an expert (Boix Mansilla), who provided context, and then our teachers shared the how. It was all about teachers learning from teachers."
"It was so different than just having a consultant come in," Kodama adds. "Here were our teachers -- our true leaders -- sharing their units and examples of student work, with everyone learning together."
Stepping Toward Action
Both students and staff at JSIS are getting more comfortable in their role as citizens of the world. Last spring, the entire school rallied around a global action project that raised awareness of the need for clean drinking water. Teachers talked about the issue, read books, and showed picture books to younger students, while older students learned about the issue from reading A Long Walk to Water. The school raised funds in support of a nonprofit organization that builds water systems in the developing world by staging their own Walk for Water. Carrying jugs of water around the playground, students felt empathy for the women and children who walk miles each day in places like the Sudan to transport water for their families. In their reflective writing that concluded the project, they expressed what it was like "to walk in another's shoes."
Librarian Kathleen Gillespie suggested the water project after thinking about Alvarez's call to action. "She wants us to think beyond celebrations of culture and bring in service learning," says the librarian, whose daughter Imogene is a JSIS student. "I'm so grateful she's a student here," she adds. Imogene, a bright-eyed second grader, says events like the Walk for Water help her understand what it means to be a global citizen. "It's about helping others, being respectful, having a good life," she says. "It makes me proud to go to a school where we get to ask, 'How can I help?'"
That question is coming up more and more often at JSIS -- and increasingly, it's coming from students. Students on the Green Team -- who organize composting and recycling efforts at lunchtime -- are getting ready to take their initiative outside the school by surveying the neighborhood about household recycling habits. A student advisory panel meets regularly with Alvarez to talk through more ideas for local and global action.
The week after Halloween, candy was a popular lunchtime topic. One table group in the cafeteria started brainstorming what they might do with their abundance of bite-size goodies. Their conversation caught the attention of Alvarez, who spends the lunch hour chatting with students in both English and Spanish. Before long, she had students connected with local dentists who "buy back" kids' Halloween candy and send it to American troops overseas.
"This may seem like a small thing," Alvarez reflected later, "but it's an example of our students wanting to do things in the world and then taking action. They have the fire in their bellies. It's our responsibility to guide that passion, direct it, and get them to think critically so that we can realize all the possibilities they bring."
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Work we should all participate in!
I love what John Stanford International School is doing for the young students. I am still an undergrad student, yet I have family members who attend a bi-lingual school and I can see how more knowledge they are gaining from growing up learning two languages. It is important for our young learners to realize that they can contribute to society at any age. They don't have to complete an education before they are making small changes, collectively we all make up a community that can help others in need. It is one thing to learn about a topic but also how we can change that outcome now.
The Smallest Actions are the Biggest!
Having worked in international education for almost 20 years now, I'll applaud any school that starts doing what JSIS is doing. However, laudable as these larger, collective actions are, the real prize is getting students to a place where they take self-initiated action arising out of their learning experiences...and it doesn't have to be on a grand scale. Typically, a unit looking at natural resources such as water has kids not letting the tap run while they brush their teeth: most importantly, they aren't told to do this but they arrive at it themselves as a result of their learnings. Some of you might already be recognising Action as in the International Baccalaureate's Primary Years Program: I can't claim the credit for this approach!


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Sandy, I can't believe I just moaned about being tired and you are doing BFL whilst dealing with RA. My Dr misdiagnosed me as having RA last year and when wed realised he was wrong, it made me realise I was neglecting my health and not appreciating it. I have utmost admiration for you doing this.
Clare- don't be frustrated, especially if you 'feel' a difference. The scale has a weird power over us, even when it makes no sense. I have found it very freeing that I have decided NOT to weigh myself until the END of 12 weeks. I am measuring my progress in how I feel mentally and phyically. Mentally- I feel fantastic and physically I feel good, I know there is a difference, but I don't know how it would weigh up on the scale.
as far as the last rep of 12- this morning for my LBWO on most of the body parts I did switch it up for the last one. The main 12,10,8,6,12 I use a barbell with increasing weight, and then for the last 12 I prepared and had 2of the heaviest barbell PLATES (10 lbs)ready and switched it up by using them as freeweights (like dumbells). I gotta tell you, it really made a difference and a real 'burn'.
Again on the note of 'measuring' progress.....As I mentioned I have choosen not to weigh myself until the end. This definitely works for me. I did not take photos or measurements in the beginning because I didn't want to knock myself and feel bad. Now at week5 (still counting even though i was off last week) I am wondering if I should muster up the courage to measure and take photos. I just know how things like that could mess with my head.
How many of you ladies have taken BEFORE pictures and plan on taking after, or weekly progress pictures?
The scale makes me crazy. Between hormonal issues, water retention, etc. I can't rely on it. My clothes help me gauge how I'm doing, but also, I have a little trick for motivation when I'm not feeling motivated for the 'right' reasons. :)
I've started the "Seinfeld" method. I have a cheap wall calendar for exercise, and one for eating. I put a giant red X over the day when I do my exercise, and I get to put a giant red X when I've eaten all 6 meals. I put a blue X on the free days. Talk about motivating...There is something really cool about seeing a whole month full of Xs, and who wants to break the chain?? I have only flaked out 1 day this month.
I wish I was always motivated for health, or because my before picture haunts me, or because I have a trip, or whatever, but sometimes it's as simple as not wanting to break the chain on my calendar!
BTW, I was also not hurting much after workouts, so I increased my weights to the point of shaking and grunting, and I'm definitely feeling it now! :)
Oh, and as much as it's awful to have the before photos taken, when I did this years ago, I wished that I'd had those before photos so I could see how far I'd come. It's nice to be able to look at the difference! I did take before photos this time. I HATED it, but I can already see a difference here in on day 25.
Jeannie, I think 80oz will meet your minimum hydration needs, but you might want to pay attention to how you feel on fitness days. If you feel a little extra tired or headachy, add a few more glasses of water. I drink 96oz (12) glasses minimum per day and don't spend any extra time in the restroom. My skin looks much, much nicer now that I'm drinking water all day long instead of tea.
Shelley, for lifting I do mix it up as suggested by BFL. You'll get the benefits of just plain lifting either way, but the ramping and change ups will probably help build the toning and strength a little faster or more efficiently. Who's in a hurry anyway. As for me, I gave myself a full 6 years to get thoroughly out of shape and greatly over weight. I suppose it makes sense that it's going to take a nice little chunk of time to get back into shape. Just so you're lifting and using proper form and technique, you're making good choices that I hope you like and can maintain.
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How great does it feel to be in WEEK 5!!! I feel like I've crossed the first hurdle. I'm pumped and motivated, and I think that those first 4 weeks may have been the hardest because it hard to start, and it is hard to make all these good decisions and put all the time into planning and not feel like you're seeing results. I felt better inside, but the outside just seemed to be staying the same...BUT, I pushed through. Today I feel great! Pants are starting to feel a little looser, my face is starting to feel a little less pudgy, and I am excited about the next 4 weeks!! I got my first compliment, from someone other than my fiancee, yesterday and it felt GREAT!
@Clare, Thanks for the bday wish!!
As for all the other talks going on above...about the changing exercises at the final sets. I have not been, but I would like to and plan on starting. I haven't been since I do my workouts at home with free weights and just didn't feel I had enough options to always switch up. That being said, I just purchased a home gym machine, will be delivered on the 12th, and I am thrilled to be able to use it!! With that, I will be able to switch up last sets for a great burn out. I do however believe that you can accomplish the same burnout without different exercises. The main goal is to just push yourself past what you think you can do, no matter what exercise you are doing!
As for the measurements and photos, I did do before photos and I plan on doing 4 week photos but haven't gotten to do them yet. I am also taking my measurments weekly. I promised myself I would not let the scale bring me down! I just thought that it would be benificial down the road when I convince my family members, or anyone out here who it could help to take them weekly to show, you don't always get results at the beginning. At the end of week 4, I still have not lost a lb! I haven't gained any either, but I have lost 8 1/2 inches overall. That is enough to make me happy and I feel great, that's the point!!!
One thing I wanted to do, but didn't was the bodyfat %. I have it on my scale but that just doesn't seem right to me. So I bought the calipers, but have not gotten my measurements done yet. That is a task along with my 4 week pics for tonight. Again, I promise myself to not let it get me down!
I hope everyone is having a great day! Let's keep pushing for that 8 Week Miracle! :-) HAHA!
Today was cardio...it was rainy, windy, and dark early in the morning and really didn't feel like going to gym (only do cardio there...I do UB &LB at home)...but i trudged there. Within 2-3 minutes my body was super tired, but I pushed and pushed through the 20 minutes to complete exhaustion and definitely hit my 10's. Even though cardio is only 20 minutes it amazes me how committed I am to making those 20 minutes count big time. You have to understand in my personal "fitness history' I have been the person who enjoys weights and resistance..but HATES cardio...HATES sweating. Now I'm not going to lie and say I now love it...but I now am committed to putting in what needs to be put in. I 'get it' now. Again this just amazes me...the mental shift.
I'm going to try and gather the courage to take my before pictures by this weekend. I guess if I could take it myself I would have an easier time. My super super supportive husband would happily take the pics, and obviously he knows exactly how I look, but the idea of posing for this sort of freaks me out. Trying to get over it, because when I read that most of you ladies haven taken the plunge it motivates me.
BTW by Thursdays and Fridays I can't wait for Sunday my body just seems so so tired.
Hang in there, Shelley! I was running outside, but it got too cold for me. Still, I was finding it very motivating, because the only way to get back to my house was to run back! :)
I usually enjoy cardio, but today I wasn't feeling it either. Usually, by the time I'm 3 or 4 minutes in, I'm totally in, but at 10 minutes I was still wishing I was in bed.
Luckily, this program doesn't ask us to gauge our feelings like other ones do. You work your hardest and do it anyway for a full 20 minutes and totally make it count. I'm always proud and start my day feeling accomplished when I did it even when I didn't want to.
Taho, you give great advice! Thank you. I think I'll try increasing my water next week and see how it works.
LB at the gym in the morning, and then work all day. We are having weekend guests. I'm hoping and praying I can resist the goodies that come with hosting friends. Friday night, I'm having a baked potato with cottage cheese and broccoli while they have pizza. That one isn't too hard. Saturday, we're making them pancakes-this, too, I can resist. That night, we're doing skewers, and s'mores, so that will be my free meal. One friend has decided he's going to be our bartender, so I have to show a little more restraint than I have in the past, so I'll get up Sunday morning and do that cardio!
Can do, can do, can do!!! Go, Divas. :)
Thanks Shelley, thanks guys, for all the tips. I drink tea all day long too, going to stop now and stick with water as much as I can. Cuppa tea is a treat that's the problem.
Also going to ramp up weights. Shoulders look wide at the mo so pleased how that's going, and can do tighter notch on the trouser belt.
Jeanie rice - I'm with you! I refuse to be fat and forties.... Great motivation.
Welcome to wanttolook fitter , shararez and june88 :-))))
Trim win- yes!!!!!! My upper body takes ages after changing all the free weights, I need to buy more! An hour and 45 minutes the last one!!! ( I do it while watching tv) haha but I love it, and there's not much else to do at ten pm. ( when kids finally go to bed)
I'm so glad for this forum as it makes me feel I'm not the only one who does it word for word.
* the only one who DOESN'T do it word or word, that should say x
Shelley and JR, I whipped my cardio last week but this week also found it tough - tougher. Is it normal to get tired and have a bit if a lull at this point do you think? I Thought it might be due to de hydration or something.
Yes!! I think the excitement in the beginning made it easier, and now, I have these great habits, but need to ramp it up some. I've been increasing my weight, but I need to make cardio harder now.
I'm now week 5. Funny...it's flying by!
Ok..... I had an anticipated start date of 1/21/13 but haven't officially started anything....... The Before pictures are holding me back! I tried taking some of myself without help but didn't think they would meet the requirements. I have got to step outside my comfort and get these done. I know it will be great motivation at some point but right now embarrassment!
STUPID SCALE!!! I was feeling so great, so proud of myself. I wasn't cheating, was figuring out how to manage it all, what my pitfalls were and how to adjust, etc. I can see definition when I go to the gym and was feeling more confident and energetic.
Then, I didn't take my own advice. I got on the scale. WHAT?!?!?!?!? I am torn between going into full blown anorexia and giving up altogether. I am day 2 of week 5.
The moral of the story? Take my own advice and get away from that evil device in the bathroom.
I did have a particularly indulgent free day Saturday, so maybe I'm still clinging to something from that. And, it's about to the 'that time', so perhaps I'm more bloated right now. Still, the scale kicks something very ugly and defeatest up in me. Why did I do that?? Talk about old patterns...
So, there's my confession for the morning. Ug. I'll be hitting cardio much harder this morning.
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July 11, 2006
- Poborsky announces international retirement
- Czech midfielder Karel Poborsky announced his international retirement on Tuesday but said he would play one more year with first division team Ceske Budejovice, the club he co-owns.
June 27, 2006
- Cech has post-World Cup shoulder surgery
- Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has undergone shoulder surgery following the Czech Republic's World Cup exit.
June 23, 2006
- Czechs in shock after World Cup exit
- Football-mad Czech Republic was in shock on Friday after the national team were unceremoniously dumped out of the World Cup finals after the group stage of the tournament.
June 22, 2006
- Lippi lauds Italy's 'terrific' team spirit
- Coach Marcello Lippi was fulsome in his praise of Italy's unity after they beat 10-man Czech Republic 2-0 on Wednesday to finish top of World Cup Group E.
- Czechs gamble on Baros in Group E D-Day
- The Czech Republic have gambled on the returning Milan Baros in attack against Italy.
June 21, 2006
- Perrotta fit to face the Czechs
- Italy midfielder Simone Perrotta, who had been doubtful with a leg injury, said he would be fit to face Czech Republic in Thursday's World Cup Group E match.
- Bruckner will wait for Baros fitness test
- The Czech Republic plan to wait before deciding whether striker Milan Baros will be fit enough to start against Italy in Thursday's Group E match, coach Karel Brueckner said on Wednesday.
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- Remember Jeremy Mayfield? The former Sprint Cup driver, suspended by NASCAR for using drugs, pleaded guilty this week to possession of stolen goods and possession of drug paraphernalia and was sentenced to 45 days in jail, suspended, along with 18 months of probation. He also must pay nearly $90,000 in restitution plus a fine and other costs. In order to be reinstated by NASCAR, he would have to apply to enter the Road to Recovery program. Meantime, NASCAR reinstated Road to Recovery graduate Todd Parrott. He had been a crew chief at Richard Petty Motorsports but was fired after failing a drug test. He was 31 Cup victories as a crew chief and was at the helm for Dale Jarrett when Jarrett won the 1999 championship.
- Richard Buck, who won Indy 500s as a crew chief for Roger Penske and - among other accomplishments - set the course for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series when CASCAR was purchased from Tony Novotny and rebranded, has been named managing director of the Sprint Cup Series. Buck currently serves as the vice president of racing operations for the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and has helped to manage the merger of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series. He'll start his new job immediately after the checkers fall at this year's 24 Hours of Daytona.
- Here's some good news. Subaru Canada, a long-time participant and supporter of the Targa Newfoundland international rally ever since its inception in 2002 and scheduled this year for Sept. 14-19, has announced a broad-ranging incentive and support program for Subaru competitors, their immediate families and for Targa event staff. Announced by Brian Hyland, Director of After Sales for Subaru Canada, the program makes participants and/or any immediate family member who purchase or lease a new Subaru from Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2014, eligible for a $750 rebate. This rebate is also being made available to the Targa event staff. Participants who use any model of Subaru for entry into any of the four main categories within Targa Newfoundland (Open, Modern, Classic, Grand Touring) will receive a $500 Entrant Award and drivers of Subarus that finish first in any of the categories will receive a cash award of $2,000, with $1,500 for second place and $1,000 for third place.
- Finally (for this entry, anyway) the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) is gearing up for what promises to be the biggest, most exciting and best-attended event in its history. The Canadian Historic Grand Prix, which will be held June 13-15 this year, is one of the most prestigious events on the Vintage and Historic Racing Calendar in North America and has been one of the major spectator events at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park since 1999. Triumph and MG Racers will be the "Featured Marques" for 2014 as VARAC steps back in time recreate the epic battle for sports car supremacy between two British manufacturers, Standard Triumph and MG Cars. In addition to the featured Triumphs and MGs, there will be three full days of exciting racing involving full grids for all Vintage and Historic racing machines from Minis to Mustangs, and from Canada Class open wheelers to Can-Am cars. There will be racing for six groups of cars including Monoposto (single seat open-wheel vintage & historic race cars), Small Bore Vintage & Historic Cars (under 2000 cc), Big Bore Vintage & Historic Cars (over 2000 cc), Wings & Slicks (very fast, purpose-built, racing cars running on slick tires), G70+ Cars (cars dating from 1973 to 1989, including all kinds of Alfas, Corvettes, Porsches and Mustangs) and a host of others. A first this year will be the "Historic Grand Prix Tribute" in Downtown Bowmanville from noon to 9 p.m. on Friday, just like the world-famous street party at Watkins Glen, N.Y. You don't want to miss that. For more information, and to purchase tickets in advance, go to: www.canadianhistoricgrandprix.com or email [email protected]
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Draw fun monkeys with curvy arms, legs, and tails, and then make a large chain of chimps!
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